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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the basis of the Judeo-Christian philosophy that founded America?
(a) Only morality.
(b) Neither spirituality nor morality.
(c) Spirituality and morality.
(d) Only spirituality.

2. What does Bill think many people make excuses for?
(a) Looking for bad people to include in their lives.
(b) Keeping bad people in their lives.
(c) Wanting bad people in their lives.
(d) Listening to bad people in their lives.

3. How has student morality been affected by the increase of secularism?
(a) It has not been researched.
(b) It has fallen in recent years.
(c) It has increased in recent years.
(d) It has stayed the same.

4. At the time Who's Looking Out for You? was written, what percentage of American children were born out of wedlock?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Forty.

5. What can stop the cycle of parental abuse?
(a) Sympathy and understanding.
(b) Effort and conviction.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Money.

6. According to Bill, what would a Hillary Clinton presidency likely bring?
(a) A decrease in anti-terrorism measures.
(b) Massive government cutbacks.
(c) An increase in anti-terrorism measures.
(d) Massive government spending.

7. Which one of the following does Bill not consider a good journalist?
(a) Peter Jennings.
(b) Tim Russert.
(c) Dan Rather.
(d) John Stossel.

8. Which one of the following is not an example of a liberal newspaper?
(a) The Boston Globe.
(b) The Wall Street Journal.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The Los Angeles Times.

9. Which one of the following is not one of the reasonable guidelines that parents should have?
(a) Always being available.
(b) Limiting media influences.
(c) Showing the value of education.
(d) Earning a high income.

10. According to Bill, what type of people does not make real friendships?
(a) Selfish.
(b) Unrealistic.
(c) Unselfish.
(d) Realistic.

11. Why did singer, Julio Iglesias snub his own son?
(a) To prove a point.
(b) To prevent his son from pursuing a music career.
(c) As a joke.
(d) For media attention.

12. What is the difference in the budget for the "Big Dig" highway and the actual cost of it?
(a) It was budgeted at $5.6 billion and cost over $10 billion.
(b) It was budgeted at $8.4 billion and cost over $14 billion.
(c) It was budgeted at $7.8 billion and cost over $12 billion.
(d) It was budgeted at $2.6 billion and cost over $15 billion.

13. How does the ACLU label those who dispute them?
(a) As the "Republican right."
(b) As the "Religious right."
(c) As the "Conservative right."
(d) As the "Christian right."

14. How does Bill view the media in the cultural battle taking place?
(a) They are trying to be on both sides.
(b) They are on the right side.
(c) They are on neither side.
(d) They are on the wrong side.

15. What was the primary weakness of Bill's father?
(a) His inability to trust family.
(b) His inability to trust friends and family.
(c) His inability to trust anyone.
(d) His inability to trust friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Congressman Torricelli's scandalizing of the CIA hurt the country?

2. What kind of a problem does Bill Moyers of PBS have?

3. How many years did Bill's father work hard at a place where he was suspicious of everyone?

4. What is the example Bill gives in Chapter 2 to illustrate the importance of trust in a friendship?

5. Which company does Bill use as an example of the government's inability to run an effective business?

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